diff --git a/server/Cargo.toml b/server/Cargo.toml
index c98138d2..abf335ad 100644
--- a/server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/server/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ failure = "0.1"
 
 dotenv = "0.9.0"
 log = "0.4"
-fern = "0.5"
+fern = { version = "0.5", features = ["colored"] }
 
 iron = "0.6"
 bodyparser = "0.8"
diff --git a/server/src/main.rs b/server/src/main.rs
index 44102168..72ddd763 100644
--- a/server/src/main.rs
+++ b/server/src/main.rs
@@ -54,27 +54,53 @@ mod warden;
 
 use std::thread::{spawn};
 use std::path::{Path};
+use fern::colors::{Color, ColoredLevelConfig};
 
 use crossbeam_channel::{unbounded};
 
 fn setup_logger() -> Result<(), fern::InitError> {
-    fern::Dispatch::new()
+    let colors_line = ColoredLevelConfig::new()
+        .error(Color::Red)
+        .warn(Color::Yellow)
+        .info(Color::BrightWhite)
+        .debug(Color::BrightWhite)
+        .trace(Color::BrightBlack);
+
+    let colors_level = colors_line.clone().info(Color::Green);
+    let term = fern::Dispatch::new()
+        .format(move |out, message, record| {
+            out.finish(format_args!(
+                "{color_line}[{date}][{target}][{level}{color_line}] {message}\x1B[0m",
+                color_line = format_args!("\x1B[{}m", colors_line.get_color(&record.level()).to_fg_str()),
+                date = chrono::Local::now().format("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"),
+                target = record.target(),
+                level = colors_level.color(record.level()),
+                message = message,
+            ));
+        })
+        .chain(std::io::stdout());
+
+    let file = fern::Dispatch::new()
         .format(|out, message, record| {
             out.finish(format_args!(
-                "{}[{}][{}] {}",
-                chrono::Local::now().format("[%Y-%m-%d][%H:%M:%S]"),
+                "{{\"time\":\"{}\",\"name\":\"{}\",\"level\":\"{}\",\"msg\":\"{}\"}}",
+                chrono::Local::now().to_rfc3339(),
                 record.target(),
                 record.level(),
                 message
             ))
         })
+        .chain(fern::log_file("/var/log/mnml/mnml.log")?);
+
+    fern::Dispatch::new()
         .level_for("postgres", log::LevelFilter::Info)
         .level_for("ws", log::LevelFilter::Warn)
         .level_for("iron", log::LevelFilter::Info)
         .level(log::LevelFilter::Info)
-        .chain(std::io::stdout())
-        .chain(fern::log_file("/var/log/mnml/mnml.log")?)
+        .chain(term)
+        .chain(file)
         .apply()?;
+
     Ok(())
 }